PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Criminal Injuries Compensation: Offences against Children (6 October 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims of sexual abuse have been denied compensation by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) since 1996 on the grounds that (a) they had unspent convictions, (b) they had not falsely given consent as a result of being groomed and (c) made an application to CICA more than two years after (i) the date of the assault and (ii) the time they reported it to the police and (iii) if they were under 18 at the time of the incident, failed to make the complaint by their 20th birthday.

Asked by:
Sarah Champion (Labour)

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.

Answered by:
Dr Phillip Lee (Liberal Democrat)
16 October 2017